Out of our rut...

I've been pretty grumpy the last week or so.  Actually bitchy would be a more accurate word.  Whatever.  It's rubbed off on the kids and that's no good.  To switch it up a bit I did 4 things that worked wonders the last two days.  We were in a bitchy grumpy rut and it's one of my privileges responsibilities as mommy to get us out of it.

First, I changed the furniture around in Drew's room while she was at school.  She came home and it was like freakin' Christmas.  She loved it.

I bought this ChexMix stuff called Muddy Buddies and I renamed it Polar Bear poop.  It's the best snack ever and they think the name is hilarious.  William even had to call daddy at work to tell him he was eating poop for snack. 

Drew got a haircut.  She needed some grooming.  Her bangs are going to be the death of me.  She is cursed with my heavy thick hair and she's just not ready to grow her bangs out.  She won't keep them pinned back and I refuse to have them hang in her face.  This is a nice, fresh spring cut. 

Once or twice a week I put the kids in the afterschool program so they can stay and eat lunch with their friends and do some additional activites.  I bought some fun napkins for their lunches as surprises. William's are dump trucks and Drew's are princesses.  'Cause as you know, when you're 3 and 5, it's just the little things that can make a difference.

I can't predict when I'll get bitchy again but hopefully before it happens I'll come up with a few more ideas.  In the meantime, it's nice to have a joyful mommy house again!